Jan 2011
Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge.
Observe your discipline. Arise.
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Delusion arises from anger.
The mind is bewildered by delusion.
Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered.
One falls down when reasoning is destroyed.
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Perform your obligatory duty,
because action is indeed better than inaction.
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The power of God is with you at all times;
through the activities of mind, senses,
breathing, and emotions;
and is constantly doing all the work using you as a mere instrument.
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The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it.
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One who has control over the mind is tranquil in heat and cold,
in pleasure and pain,
and in honor and dishonor;
and is ever steadfast with the Supreme Self.
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The wise sees knowledge and action as one; they see truly
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A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place,
and when we expect nothing in return.
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The disunited mind is far from wise;
how can it meditate?
How be at peace?
When you know no peace, how can you know joy?
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Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is
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A person is said to have achieved yoga,
the union with the Self,
when the perfectly disciplined mind gets freedom from all desires,
and becomes absorbed in the Self alone.
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The mind is restless and difficult to restrain,
but it is subdued by practice.
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Little by little, through patience and repeated effort,
the mind will become stilled in the Self.
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People will talk about your disgrace forever.
To the honored, dishonor is worse than death.
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There is nothing lost or wasted in this life.
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Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge.
Observe your discipline. Arise.
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Delusion arises from anger.
The mind is bewildered by delusion.
Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered.
One falls down when reasoning is destroyed
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Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.
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To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt,
a stone, and gold are the same.
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One can become whatever one wants to be
[if one constantly contemplates on the object of desire with faith].
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A Karma-yogi performs action by body,
mind, intellect, and senses,
without attachment (or ego),
only for self-purification.
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There has never been a time when you and I have not existed,
nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist.
As the same person inhabits the body through childhood
, youth, and old age,
so too at the time of death he attains another body.
The wise are not deluded by these changes.
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Fear not what is not real, never was and never will be.
What is real, always was and cannot be destroyed.
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Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice.
Better than knowledge is meditation.
But better still is surrender of attachment to results,
because there follows immediate peace.
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Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.
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Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart - a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water - I accept with joy.
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Consciousness is eternal it is not vanquished with the destruction of the temporary body.
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Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat,
the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering.
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A man's own self is his friend.
A man's own self is his foe.
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There is neither this world nor the world beyond nor happiness for the one who doubts.
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